This episode is perfect for literary nerds. Writer Tina Huang chats to BFL about lowering the perceived entry requirement to poetry, her publish writing, and glaciers in New Zealand!

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Tina's work

On the Verge

https://www.tinahuang.com.au/writing/on-the-verge

Phantom feelings

https://meanjin.com.au/fiction/phantom-feelings/

Books mentioned

Passing by Nella Larsen

Peter Gizzi

Marilyn Abildskov

Michelle Dicinoski

Louise Gluck

Elizabeth Gilbert

‘Poetry’ by Marianne Moore

Chapters

00:00 Music

01:06 Tina bio

01:42 BFL reading update

05:09 Tina reading update

11:32 Shoutout to Steph Niu

14:09 Why poetry and creative non-fic?

17:04 Don’t be cared of poetry

26:46 Tina’s pieces

35:04 Essayists

38:20 Writing funny!

44:15 Getting published

LP bookclub returns! Interim host Derek chats to BFL about My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, the biggest title in the very popular unhinged women literary fiction genre. One host loved this book, the other not so much. Does it have anything to do with how self-destructive they are? Things get a little personal.

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Books mentioned

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

Fleabag (TV)

Girls (TV)

Xxx At the end of the world Japanese book - can't remember :(

Araby by James Joyce

The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

Crash Course literature videos by John Green

Chapters

00:00 Intro

04:45 Structure of episode

19:29 Jeremy!!

30:40 Spoiler section

44:36 Books vs vlogs

A real Hollywood star joins LP in the studio!! Eva Chen talks to BFL and Derek about acting, auditioning, improv, standup, and her experience working on set for Marvel's Shang-Chi! BFL met her at a reading event and has since been convinced that actors should always do the reading, never the writers. This is also Derek's first episode as LP's interim host. Exciting!

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Books mentioned

The Handmaiden by Park Chan-Wook (film)

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

With Love, and Labour by Chelsea Hart (zine)

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Hitman by Richard Linklater (film)

Barry by Alec Berg and Bill Hader (TV)

New Girl (TV)

Baby Reindeer (TV)

Space Force (TV)

Chapters

00:00 Music

01:12 Eva Chen bio

02:20 BFL reading update

10:02 Derek reading update

15:26 Improv and standup

24:34 How BFL met Eva

34:40 Booking a job

37:43 Eva is in Marvel’s Shang-Chi

47:16 Writer on set

LP is going out-of-studio! In this very special episode recorded between Shanghai and the Blue Mountains, a few recurring guests and new voices share their recent reads! We talk about a book that should have remained a Twitter feed instead of being published, Derek's penchant for disappearing because he's totally fictional, and the fact that meaning is awesome and Abby loves it.

Guests in order of appearance: Cady, Marlene, Eezu, Maja, Derek, Abby

Marlene's substack https://marlenejo.substack.com/

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Books mentioned

The Worlds I See by Fei-Fei Li

The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Winter Recipes from the Collective by Louise Gluck

All Things Are Too Small by Becca Rothfeld

Never Closer by Grace Chapple (Play)

POV by Mark Rogers and Solomon Thomas (Play)

Introducing Sartre: A Graphic Guide by Philip Thody

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Babel by RF Kuang

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

Chapters

00:00 Intro

02:09 About audio quality

02:51 Cady

20:38 BFL

24:25 Marlene

29:34 Eezu

38:46 Maja

42:00 Derek

47:10 Abby

The first ever Licensed Poetics book club is a roaring success. Recurring guests Anya and Derek join BFL in the studio to discuss The Vegetarian by South Korean writer Han Kang, winner of the Man Booker Prize. This stunningly original book asks important questions: what does the pursuit of art justify? What takes away women’s autonomy? What type of tree would you like to be?

Anya: @lasagnevallentin

Derek: @daonationspls

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Books mentioned

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The Last Duel by Ridley Scott (film)

The White Book by Han Kang

The Handmaiden by Park Chan-Wook (film)

The Prestige by Christopher Nolan (film)

00:00 Intro

02:59 Guest intro

07:00 Picking a book

10:55 Overview of The Vegetarian

13:07 Five word summary

14:13 Mongolian Mark

20:38 Becoming a plant

43:31 From a Western perspective

In BFL's first episode since going solo, she delivers a personal message. Then, she and the guest Joe, a wonderful writer and journalist, delve into In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, discussing perspective and narrative voice. Joe then shares his experience organising grassroots arts initiative like the live music and poetry hub Debaser Events. BFL dreams about being a historian.

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Books Mentioned

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Ulysses by James Joyce

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Qian Zhongshu

Chapters

00:00 Music

00:24 Personal Msg from BFL

03:11 Joe’s bio

03:53 In the Dream House

17:25 Huge reading announcement 

23:21 Grassroots arts initiatives 

34:06 Student journals in university

37:17 Writing about memory and nostalgia 

40:25 Creative writing VS academic study

47:34 Writing for journalism 

Angelic harp music opens a very special episode - Achim’s last as the host of Licensed Poetics. Ying, a dear friend of LP’s, is a spoken word poet and musician. She joins LP in the studio to discuss discovering your inner artist and activist, showing up for what’s beautiful, and naming your instruments (or in BFL’s case, her rolling pin) after your favourite artist.

Books mentioned

Politics and the English Language by George Orwell

Dearly by Margret Atwood

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

The Flame by Leonard Cohen

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Chapters

00:00 Reverie harp

01:20 Ying’s bio

02:16 BFL reading update

08:24 Achim reading update

17:25 Ying reading update

18:43 Reverie harp II

19:40 Naming instruments

25:56 How Ying got started with poetry

35:08 Musicality and poetry

41:40 Nature poetry workshop

51:54 Achim’s announcement

53:28 Reverie harp III

BFL giddily chats with Claire, a writer whose work she has admired for some time, about reading widely, editing fiction, and note-taking for TV. This episode is a must-listen for any aspiring artists out there. Also, please do not be butthurt if an editor makes a suggestion or a critic writes a negative review. Wow.

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https://clairecao.com.au

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Books mentioned

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Happening by Annie Ernaux

Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux

Birds of America by Lorrie Moore

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

Milkfed by Melissa Broder

Death Valley by Melissa Broder

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsin Muir

Here Out West (film)

Chapters

00:00 Music

02:27 Claire bio

03:48 BFL reading update

17:54 Claire reading update

22:46 Selection and editing process

38:34 Writing for big publications

40:39 Being a critic

45:05 Long term goal for writing

48:08 Claire’s advice

51:30 Note-taking for TV

This week, Licensed Poetics is joined by Malena, a wonderful Argentinian reader, writer, and songwriter. They talk about a famous Australian book about parent-children relationship, before BFL discusses misogyny in science fiction. Malena shares the book that she carries in her bag everywhere, and talks about being an artist as a way of life.

Find Malena on Instagram @malenafiorito and @nopiensoperoexisto

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Books mentioned

Cold Enough For Snow by Jessica Au

The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Mujeres que corren con los lobos)

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

Chapters

00:00 Music

00:25 Malena intro

01:38 How Achim met Malena

02:30 Achim reading update

09:52 BFL reading update

21:43 Malena’s reading

35:37 Writing every morning

37:04 Take yourself on a date

45:41 Malena’s commercial experience

48:40 Malena’s songwriting

52:05 Synesthesia

Incredibly Accomplished Filmmaker Vonne Patiag sits down with Licensed Poetics to talk about the film industry, writing on commission, and having a strong business background as a creative. Achim received Stephanie Niu’s chapbook all the way from America, and BFL finally read The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu!

Find Vonne on Instagram @vonnepat

www.vonnepatiag.com

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Works and artists mentioned

Survived By by Stephanie Niu

The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Louise Bourgeois

Tomgirl by Vonne Patiag

Halal Gurls by Vonne Patiag

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Here Out West (film)

Barbie (film)

King Richard (film)

Charles Bukowski

Chapters

00:00 Music

00:27 Vonne Intro

01:53 Achim reading update

06:52 BFL reading update

15:10 Vonne reading update

18:40 Transmutation

25:50 Vonne’s short film Tomgirl

34:41 Vonne’s series Halal Gurls

45:13 Heal before you write

58:36 Music influence